Studio Theatre News

On Tuesday, October 15, The Front Porch Arts Collective, Boston's newest professional Black theatre company, teamed up with SpeakEasy Stage to host a special #BlackOutBoston takeover performance of the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of CHOIR BOY.  

The Warner Theatre will hold its 18th Annual Wine & Food Tasting on Friday, October 25, from 6-9 pm, presented in partnership with The Cork Fine Wine & Spirits and sponsored by Thomaston Savings Bank. The Cork will generously donate 10% of all sales that evening back to the theatre! General admission tickets are $25 in advance, $30 the day of event and VIP admission tickets are $75.  

Two Roads Brewing Co. and the Warner Theatre will present a?oeThe Road to Road Jam: A Battle of Jam Bands,a?? in the Warner's Studio Theatre on Saturday, October 26 from 7-11 pm. You must be 21 to enter the event. Doors will open at 6 pm; a variety of Two Roads beers will be available for purchase. Five area jam bands, Ampevene, The Astral Pines, Moon Matrix of the Lizard People, One Time Weekend and Balter Band will compete for the first place prize. The winning band will play at the Annual Road Jam Music Festival, as well as win a cash prize, tickets for the Jam Fest, swag bags and beer.

Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston, and the WAM team are proud the announce the cast for their Fresh Takes Reading of PARADISE by Laura Maria Censabella, directed by Talya Kingston, at 3pm on Saturday, November 2.

Page 73 (Michael Walkup, Artistic Director; Amanda Feldman, Managing Director; Rebecca Yaggy, Director of Development; Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Founding Directors) is proud to announce the world premiere of STEW, written by Zora Howard (Premature, IFC Films) and directed by Colette Robert (Behind the Sheet). As with every Page 73 production, including last season's A STRANGE LOOP by Michael R. Jackson and CATCH AS CATCH CAN by Mia Chung, STEW marks Howard's professional debut as a playwright Off Broadway. Performances of STEW begin on Monday, January 20 at the Walkerspace Theatre for a limited run through Saturday, February 22. Opening night is set for Saturday, February 1.

The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center (1051 Main Street, The Villages, FL 32159) has hired a Director of Educationa?"Nathaniel Niemia?"who will also serve as the Resident Director at The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol (806 San Marino Drive, The Villages, FL); effective immediately. 

A beloved holiday classic! The Warner Stage Company will present A CHRISTMAS CAROL a?" A DRAMATIC SOLO PERFORMANCE in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre December 7-15, 2019. Warner Stage Company veteran performer, Dick Terhune, will portray more than 30 characters in this solo performance.

Florida Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce the opening of Ken Ludwig's farce, 'A Fox on the Fairway,' to continue it's 2019-2020 Season. Playing in the Historic Arcade Theatre Nov. 1-20, the run includes four nearly sold-out previews Oct. 29-31.

New Jewish Theatre (NJT) opens its 23rd season with the heartfelt Brighton Beach Memoirs.

In her US premiere, rising Thai-Australian playwright Anchuli Felicia King takes a scathing look at the ugliness of the beauty industry in White Pearl, beginning November 6. 2019 at Studio Theatre and directed by Desdemona Chiang.

Howard County's signature arts event, the Howard County Arts Council's Celebration of the Arts in Howard County, will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center at Howard Community College. 

Queens-based theater troupe Rude Grooms released a first look and full details on the creative team for their Halloween production of The Changeling. The 1622 gothic horror tragicomedy (written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley) plays The Studio Bar at The Astorian in Astoria and the Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces its Fall Improv Season, which includes a brand new show, Last Laugh, and raises the stakes in its audience favorite competition show, Out of Bounds.

Irish Repertory Theatre presents London Assurance, written by Dion Boucicault (The Shaughraun) and directed by Charlotte Moore (The Plough and the Stars). Performances begin on December 6, 2019 on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage with an opening night set for December 15, for a limited run through January 26, 2020.

Ally Theatre Company presents a??Dhana and the Rosebudsa??, an original devised piece created by documentarian and journalist Federica Cellini that will play at Joe's Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier, Maryland November 1-23 2019.

The NOW Collective and Michael DiMino will present the World Premiere of The Wild Parrots of Campbell, written by Alex Riad (The Floor is Lava at La MaMa/Best Play at the 2017 Planet Connections Festival) and directed by Padraic Lillis (NYIT Outstanding Director Award for Lindsay Joy's play Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen) at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street, New York, NY 10014), December 4-21.

Contagious Theatre has delighted audiences across the country with their sensitive, evocative depiction of the Paul Gallico classic, The Snow Goose a?" and now visitors to Montecasino can experience the magic of this timeless production at Pieter Toerien's Studio Theatre.

With The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe, Outcry Youth Theatre brings another new adaptation to the Addison Theatre Centre's Studio Theatre after their recent world premieres of The Time Machine and The Legend of Arthur. Written by Outcry Theatre Artistic Director Becca Johnson-Spinos along with the show's director Jason Johnson-Spinos, this dark and creepy production is perfectly timed to get you into the Halloween spirit, running from October 18-27.

Katsuri aims to bring light to the issue of last year's massacre of sugar workers from Sagay City, Negros Occidental.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) continues its 2019-20 season with Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves, directed by Julie Foh. Performances will be held in Studio Theatre from October 24th through November 3rd, 2019.